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Christmas time in Chicago is a magical winter wonderland with all the holiday cheer, glowing festive lights, parades, ice skating, giant lit trees, and German Christmas markets. If you are planning a trip with your dog in December, which I highly recommend, there are many dog-friendly festive activities you can experience together. The lighting of […]

If you are like me, then you love taking your dog along on your vacations, whether long or short. But, the issue with traveling out of the country is you can’t just book a ticket for your dog and are ready to go. The process takes months of preparation. Traveling to the EU from the […]

After spending 90 days in the Schengen countries Spain, France and Italy, we had to leave for 90 days before we could return back to the Schengen. The countries in Europe we had to choose from that aren’t included in the Schengen Zone are Albania, Andora, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Georgia, […]

Just a few steps from El Borne, lies the oldest part of the city, the Gothic Quarter. Located in the heart of the city, this Barcelona neighborhood has buildings dating back from Roman times to the 20th Century. We came across this stunning Gothic Cathedral of Barcelona in the Gothic Quarter. The current building was […]

We spent the month of March in fabulous Barcelona with Coco. After doing a lot of research on the best neighborhoods to stay at, we decided on El Born. It is a historical neighborhood located in between the Gothic Quarter and Ciutadella Park. Centrally located, we found it very convenient to all the old city […]

If you know of any dog friendly bars in any city, you can contact us at adogtravel@gmail.com, We would love to feature your dog if you have pictures. Riverwalk City Winery Address: 11 W. Riverwalk South, Chicago, IL 60601 In season (mid-March to mid-December), they are open 7 days a week. https://citywinery.com/chicago/riverwalk/ Dos aren’t allowed […]

With over 2 million spectators each year, Chicago hosts the biggest St. Patrick’s Day celebration in the U.S. The celebration begins the day before St. Patrick’s day on the 16th beginning at 9 am with the famous green river dyeing and then a parade at 12:00 pm, among other festivities. The windy city wouldn’t be […]

What trip to Italy would have been complete without a cheesy photo of us “holding up” the Leaning Tower of Pisa? With Pisa being only about an hour and half train ride from Florence, I figured it would make a wonderful little day trip for us and the pup. Well, actually, the day trip turned […]

On the third day of our trip we decided to explore a part Venice, our hotel manager recommend to us, that tourists normally don’t get to. Starting from San Marco, we followed the ocean on foot East to Castello (the largest sestiere in Venice). The farther we got from San Marco the more quiet and […]

We arrived into Venice by train in only 2 hours from Florence, Italy. We booked the train tickets on Trenitalia.com a few weeks in advance but were confused when we couldn’t find anywhere on the site to book Coco. We were very happy to find out he didn’t need to be booked in advance and […]